Glenn English <g...@slsware.net> writes:
> 'hostname -f' isn't rocket science -- it's just a small lookup. I
> suspect it goes to ifconfig for the IP then in hosts for the FQDN that
> matches the IP, or, apparently, resolv.conf and hostname.
You shouldn't suspect, it's in the Fine Manual. It calls into the C
library name/address resolution functions, so it uses whatever is
configured in nsswitch.conf; that means /etc/hosts first on a default
install. No need to call in an external resolver for that.
Mart
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